Child testimony

In child abuse investigations and trials, the statements of the child are often the crucial (sometimes the only) evidence that a crime occurred. And the child’s earliest statements to adults about the supposed abuse...

The U.S. Supreme Court has decided that the constitution permits children’s out-of-court statements to be admitted in criminal trials. It so decided June 18th in Ohio v. Clark, 2015 WL 2473372. In the case,...